US garbage trucks spruce up with biodiesel.

Many of the garbage trucks that roar through some of the biggest US cities are cleaning up their act by burning biodiesel which can reduce toxic tailpipe emissions.

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Boeing shifts green pressure onto engine makers. The head of Boeing Co. commercial aircraft unit on Sunday backed a call by rival Airbus to work closely on producing more environmentally friendly planes, but said real progress was the responsibility of jet engine makers, rather than plane builders. [News Source]

Governor prods utilities on clean power. Urging state residents to join his efforts to clean up Utah's dirty air, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. announced Friday he will push his Blue Ribbon Advisory Council on Climate Change to ensure more electricity comes from renewable sources. [News Source]

Native American tribes speak out about climate change. Native American leaders are speaking out more forcefully about the danger of climate change. [News Source]

Pollution permits burn European consumers. Pollution permits, the biggest money-loser for commodity investors this year, are poised for a rebound that may spark a 10 percent jump in electricity costs for the 260 million consumers from London to Bucharest. [News Source]

‘Scapegoat’ claim over plane CO2. Air transport is being used as a scapegoat for global warming, a group for UK commercial pilots has claimed. [News Source]

Flying is ‘pollution scapegoat’. Air transport is NOT as bad for the environment as most people believe, a group of airline pilots claimed today. [News Source]

Being green starts in the kitchen.

The government is starting to look towards the kitchen as a place to save on greenhouse gas emissions. The average home emits more CO2 than the car in the driveway.

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The green effect. Once considered the realm of tofu-munching types, so-called green construction is sprouting across mainstream suburbia and is going way beyond harnessing solar and wind power as ways to curb energy costs and pollution. [News Source]

Indians speak forcefully on climate. Native American leaders across the US have spoken out more forcefully in recent months about the danger of climate change from greenhouse gases, joining a growing national discourse on what to do about the warming planet. [News Source]

First steps toward environmental change. When Fuqiang Yang looks out the window of his 24-story office in the central business district of Beijing, he sees promising splotches of blue in the dirty sky. [News Source]